October 3, 2017
Belarus’s economy is doing a lot better than expected, with the government forecasting GDP growth may hit 1.7% this year, against expectations of no growth at all at the start of the
October 3, 2017
Lifted by higher oil prices, Russian GDP has returned to positive growth this year as anticipated. Growth in the second quarter was 2.5%, more than expected, and growth forecasts for the whole year
October 2, 2017
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, grew by 4% y/y in the second-quarter of the year and 4.5% y/y in the first-half. The Georgian economy decelerated from 2.9% in 2015 to 2.2% in
September 7, 2017
Russia’s economy continued to expand thanks to investment, which is mainly a function of continued infrastructure spending by exporters and the state, which, however, is not enough to offset weakness
September 7, 2017
Iran’s economy has experienced an “impressive recovery” since international sanctions were lifted in January last year and delivered an annual economic growth of 12.5% in the last Persian year ended
September 4, 2017
Belarus has been the last horse out of the gate in the economic recovery stakes but the recovery is underway now. Belarus' GDP growth of 1% in the first half 2017 is a good result, as many were
September 4, 2017
Ukraine's real GDP grew 2.4% year-on-year across April-June, the Ukrstat state statistics agency in Kyiv reported on August 14. That is good news, but it also shows the economy has slowed from the
September 4, 2017
Georgia, the small South Caucasus country of 3.9mn, grew by 4% y/y in the second-quarter of the year and 4.5% y/y in the first-half. The Georgian economy mildly decelerated from 2.9% in 2015 to 2.7%
August 9, 2017
Iran’s economy has experienced an “impressive recovery” since international sanctions were lifted in January last year and delivered an annual economic growth of 12.5% in the last Persian year ended
August 7, 2017
This report covers the key economic, financial and political releases for Bulgaria for the period April 29 – August 1. The new government of centre-right Citizens for European Development of
August 3, 2017
The Polish economy accelerated growth to 4% y/y in the first quarter of 2017, on the back of a 4.1% y/y expansion in domestic demand. However, that included 4.7% y/y growth in private consumption.
August 2, 2017
The commodity-dependent Kazakh economy experienced one of its toughest years in 2016 as a result of low oil and other commodity prices together with a slowdown in major trading partners China, Russia
August 1, 2017
Turkey’s GDP growth recovered in the first quarter to 5%, springing back from a drop of 1.3% just two quarters ago, while calendar-adjusted industrial production index moved up by 3.5% y/y in May,
August 1, 2017
Belarus is the laggard of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Its economy has begun to recover, but it is following behind all the others and growth is weak. The GDP of Belarus increased by
August 1, 2017
Russia’s economy is coming out of its recession and picking up momentum. The firs quarter growth of 0.4% was meager, but the acceleration to 1.4% in May and 3.4% in June was more encouraging. At
August 1, 2017
Ukraine’s GDP was up by 2.5% y/y in the first half of this year, which is also in line with the result in the first quarter, according to Economy Ministry estimates. The result was encouraging and
July 17, 2017
Armenia, a country of 3.2mn, grew by a stagnant 0.2% y/y in 2016 and a more modest 6.4% y/y in the first five months of the year. The higher-than-anticipated growth at the beginning of the year has
July 17, 2017
Lack of fiscal predictability and the weak absorption of EU funds are the major threats in terms of macroeconomic stability. The situation has deteriorated in this regard during June, when the
July 12, 2017
The Polish economy accelerated growth to 4% y/y in the first quarter of 2017, on the back of a 4.1% y/y expansion in domestic demand. However, that included 4.7% y/y growth in private consumption.
July 12, 2017
Iran’s economy has experienced an “impressive recovery” since international sanctions were lifted in January last year and delivered an annual economic growth of 12.5% in the last Persian year ended